G2 Vendor Directory

NETSCOUT Network & Application Observability vs. Icinga Infrastructure Monitoring

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricNETSCOUT Network & Application Observability

by NETSCOUT

Icinga Infrastructure Monitoring

by Icinga

Overall rating4.54.5
Review count13450
Ease of use8.28.3
Ease of setup7.78.0
Quality of support8.98.7
Meets requirements8.99.2
NPS66.92307767.346939
Small Business23.4%32.0%
Mid-Market29.8%30.0%
Enterprise46.8%38.0%
Total page views1,268225
Total LLM citations2,414537

NETSCOUT Network & Application Observability

NETSCOUT’s Network & Application Observability solution is engineered for IT practitioners who need deep, real-time visibility into complex hybrid environments. Whether you're managing a sprawling data center, a multi-cloud deployment, 5G deployment, or a remote workforce, this solution delivers the actionable intelligence required to maintain performance, availability, and user experience across every layer of your infrastructure. At its core, NETSCOUT leverages Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) to convert raw network traffic into smart data.

Pros

  • Monitoring
  • Performance
  • Issue Detection
  • Reliability
  • Ease of Use
  • Troubleshooting

Icinga Infrastructure Monitoring

Icinga is an open source monitoring platform for enterprise infrastructure and services. Organizations use Icinga to monitor servers, networks, cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes environments, applications, databases, VMware, and Windows systems across distributed and heterogeneous IT environments. Developed in Germany, Icinga is used by global enterprises, public institutions, service providers, and mid-sized companies that require flexible and scalable monitoring without vendor lock-in.

Pros